This new strain is now being reported as affecting sections of society that previously weren’t classed as vulnerable, ie Kids. Someone has already posted in another thread that his wife works in a hospital in Sheffield and there ‘s been a marked increase in child admissions. So where do we draw the line at protecting just the vulnerable, and if schools close many parents/carers who work simply won’t be able to.
What defines a resounding failure out of interest? Considering Stockholm accounts for almost 50% of their total deaths, and not all of these will be purely down to Covid.
I know for a fact that I could find evidence of you being against action while it was unfolding in Italy, when it was just coming onto our shores. But I'm not going to waste my time. It won't make a difference.
You fc*king well should find evidence of me " shouting from the rooftops that a lockdown will never happen and we should go for herd immunity" you lying weasel.
The comparison with their Nordic neighbours. The fact that the Swedes have said so themselves and abandoned the strategy. https://www.newstatesman.com/world/...failures-have-exposed-myths-lockdown-sceptics https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...d-strategist-is-losing-the-population-s-trust https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/03/swedish-model-failed-covid-19 Even the Covid deniers have now distanced themselves from the Swedish model
now do Norway, Finland and the other Nordic countries. Or South Korea. Or Japan. The reason we have been so **** is that we tried a half arsed attempt at the Swedish model in a country with a far greater population.
Another note on Sweden. This is their excess death run rate with the red dotted line being considered a substantial increase of excess deaths, which they only went above for what looks like a 3/4 week period. Are we calling that a resounding failure? Peaks at about 12.5 compared to the UK, France and Belgium below at 33, 22 and 22 respectively with more peaks above the substantial increase line.
Do you really think that you know better than the Swedish Govt who have now towed back quite strongly from this ? https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart
I replied with this the first time you shared similar articles. Why compare to other Nordic countries? Sweden has twice the population of it's neighbours, massively condensed in to Stockholm, and far greater tourism numbers/traffic in and out. There's also very little acknowledgement or explanation of why they've been going along fine for so many weeks and only recently have seen a spike. What are they putting down to the cause? And haven't numbers started going backwards again already?
Are you comparing Sweden with other Nordic countries simply because they're close or because they actual have a similar population distribution and demographic? I suspect it's the former. Why don't you compare Sweden with any of the 21 countries who have more deaths per capita, many of whom have had strict lockdowns?
Not at all. But Sweden's government criticism has been squarely levelled at their failure to protect the vulnerable with a shout out on care homes. Isn't one of the main discussions in this thread that we do protect the vulnerable, so therefore the opposite of their failings?
here’s the FT tracker play around with it. You can compare any country to any other. https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart
yes why would you compare countries with their direct neighbours who took a different route. Ok. Compare the Swedish approach with South Korea. Who got it right and who got it wrong? anyhoo I can’t go round in circles with you all night. Think you and Jay may be the last 2 people in the world promoting the Swedish model. Even the proper Covid deniers have run away from it now.
Ok, replace 'will' with 'should'. This is your comment on the first 'lockdown' announcement. You're now saying you weren't against locking down earlier? Here you are saying you prefer a 'do nothing' herd immunity approach (edited down for the sake of space) Here you are again advocating for a herd immunity approach Plenty more examples, but the search function isn't great and it's late and I'm going to bed. Side note, unrelated but interestingly, you once agreed with me that isolating the vulnerable is not possible. You just didn't care.
I have, and Sweden does not appear to be worthy of note in either direction. It has not fared the worst and it has not fared the best. It's pretty average, lost amongst many countries who have a lot of cases and a lot of deaths. Sweden themselves put this down to failing to protect their vulnerable. Lockdown doesn't appear to help at all.
Nothing in that comes close to what you have accused me of. Like I said, you're a weasel, attempting to discredit me with a something I didn't say. I've had many discussions, gave a lot of opinions, for you to do what you've done in this thread just shows what an utter fc*ker you are. You're just a ****. An utter ****.
Hardly going round in circles. And it isn't a promotion of the Swedish model (where did I say that?). Just pointing out that despite the articles you've read and shared, Sweden's numbers aren't as you described them - with evidence to back that up. What do you think Sweden's model is by the way?